Who asked him to play Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 1453 The Immortal Crimson
"Undying Warrior, attack directly!"

The samurai brandished his twin swords, letting out a loud shout. The swords drew two beautiful arcs in the air as they slashed straight at You Xuan. Meanwhile, You Xuan's only remaining force, Bansi, had already sacrificed itself for the Undying World, leaving seemingly no barrier to defend him.

Yu Xuan snapped his fingers: "Then activate the face-down card, the trap card 'Red-Eyes Soul'!"

The moment the card was flipped, not only the opponents but also the students watching from their own side were astonished. Especially Tenjouin Fubuki, the academy's renowned Red-Eyes user: "Red-Eyes!?"

The fact that Yu Xuan used an Undying World card had already led everyone to assume that he was using an Undying-themed deck today. No one expected that the style would suddenly change and become a legendary Red-Eyes series.

Moreover, as far as Fubuki knows, the Duel King has never used Red Eyes before.

"Thanks to your 'handbook erasure' that this guy was discarded, thank you very much." You Xuan smiled, "Resurrected from the graveyard—"

—Red-Eyes Immortal Dragon!

Darkness, imbued with deathly aura, burst forth from the immortal space, rapidly churning and engulfing half the area, obscuring the sky. The darkness coalesced as if alive, seemingly gaining a physical form.

A grinding sound, like bones shifting, ripped through the smoke with a dark dragon claw, revealing crimson patterns like lava on its dark iron scales. The red-eyed undead dragon spread its tattered wings, the crimson cracks running through its torso burning, and the roar that burst from its throat sounded both like a dragon's cry and a shriek containing countless vengeful spirits.

[Red-Eyes Immortal Dragon, Attack Power 2400]

Fubuki: "So that's how it is, the true red-eyed immortals?"

While the Red-Eyes deck is mostly composed of Dragons, it's not entirely devoid of other races. Fubuki pondered that it seemed Yuugen had found the intersection between Red-Eyes decks and the Undead theme.

You Xuan: "So, do you want to continue fighting?"

Kagurazaka didn't respond, but silently chose to revert to Battle Phase, ending the Battle Phase. He then drew another card from his hand and inserted it face-down into the back slot of the Duel Disk.

"Set one card face down, and the turn ends."

Kagurazaka's face darkened.

Damn it, it was this "Undying World" that disrupted his entire rhythm.

What the other party said was true; he should have directly summoned two three-star monsters for Xyz Summoning this turn. Their Xyz Dimensional duels almost entirely revolved around Xyz, and summoning each other's ace monsters was practically the beginning of the duel.

What kind of duel is it if there's no super-powered big brother passionately hacking each other down?
You Xuan: "My turn, draw a card."

After drawing the card, Youxuan immediately waved his hand and gave the order.

"Red-Eyes Undying Dragon, attack 'Undying Warrior'!"

A black hole-like vortex gathered in the throat of the Red-Eyes Undying Dragon, and a black fireball engulfed in eerie blue flames exploded out. The samurai's armor shattered the moment it touched the black flames, producing a crackling sound like porcelain breaking, and the armor and body exploded, burning to ashes.

[Kagurazaka, LP4000 → LP2800]

Kagurazaka was blasted back half a step by the shockwave, and gritted his teeth in frustration as he watched the vanished immortal samurai.

"Undead Samurai, this card is also prepared for Xyz, right?" Yu Xuan laughed. "Undead Samurai exists in the Graveyard. If there are no monsters other than Warrior-Type monsters in your Graveyard, you can revive them unconditionally from the Graveyard to the field during your Standby Phase."

In other words, no matter how many times you defeat this monster, it will revive during the next Standby Phase. Then you can easily Xyz Summon a 3-star monster from your hand.

He didn't continue. But even if he only went this far, even someone as slow-witted as Yuma understood.

"That's right!" Yuma exclaimed, "As long as the Undead World exists, it will never be possible to satisfy the condition that 'the graveyard contains only warriors'."

"Yes, this card is practically useless now," Astral nodded. "Now we can roughly figure out this Varia's strategy. His deck is probably primarily Warrior-type, mainly consisting of 3-star monsters, designed for Rank 3 Xyz Summoning. His main force is likely some Rank 3 Xyz Summoning monster. The captain who just cut into the enemy lines, and this Undead Samurai, are both cards that can easily help achieve the Xyz Summoning conditions. However, as long as we're in this 'Undead World' field, all race-related actions are restricted."

This guy is probably feeling restricted and frustrated right now.

Yuma: "This makes it impossible to do an overdose, doesn't it?"

As he was talking, he suddenly thought of himself.

I just played seven or eight games of cards with the students from this academy. I either couldn't summon monsters or play spells and traps. Then some people went even further, continuously whittling down my hand until it was practically sliced ​​into noodles, leaving me with hardly any cards to play.

He lost seven or eight matches in a row, seemingly without even using his Xyz ability once. For a duelist like him, who was born and raised in the Xyz dimension, these consecutive matches felt like he hadn't fought at all.

The question flashed through Yuma's mind again.

Even dueling champions play cards like this. Is this really the style of dueling they teach at their academy?

That's not all. You Xuan laughed and said, "Well, now that your graveyard has been turned into an undead massacre, your undead warrior resurrection effect is essentially useless, so leaving it in the graveyard is a waste."

"Then why don't I make use of it for you?"

With a wave of his hand, he said, "The effect of Red-Eyes Undead Dragon: When this card destroys an Undead monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, Special Summon that Undead monster to your field."

Therefore, I Special Summon 'Undead Knight' to my field!

Upon hearing this, Astral Spectrum immediately remarked, "This combination is quite interesting."

Yuma: "What? What's wrong now?"

"As long as the Undying World exists, all monsters will become undead," the Astral Entity said. "Therefore, as long as Red-Eyes Undying Dragon fights and destroys any monster..."

"Ah, he'll take all the control away!" Yuma exclaimed in shock.

[Undying Warrior, Attack Power 1200]

You Xuan said, "Then, use your immortal warrior to attack yourself."

Let me think... Mortal Blade!

He made up a skill name on the spot: Undying Samurai Twin Blades Spin, dragging two spiraling sword beams as it slashed at Kagurazaka's forehead.

"hateful."

[Kagurazaka, LP2800 → LP1600]

Kagurazaka—or rather, the Varia behind the scenes—was becoming increasingly irritable.

He had initially thought that the previous series of defeats were due to humanity's incompetence; even with the power bestowed upon them by the Balian, they would never amount to anything. He was certain that his intervention today would easily bring them back to their former glory.

I never expected to be pressed down and rubbed like this right from the start.

If things continue like this and I can't find a way to regain some face, I'm afraid I won't be able to face anyone even when I return to the Balian world.

(End of this chapter)